diff --git a/distributeddatamgr_lite/.gitignore b/distributeddatamgr_lite/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..541ecb516e732baf26fc0036ffab16aed30a5989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distributeddatamgr_lite/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  # ignore all except .gitignore file
+  *
+  !.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file